Man charged in Brentwood graduate’s murder

An Oklahoma man has been charged with the shooting death of Jocelyn Peters, 30-year-old teacher at Mann Elementary in the Tower Grove neighborhood, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Peters was also a graduate of Brentwood High School.

Phillip J. Cutler, 35, of Muskogee, OK, was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of Jocelyn Peters.

The Post-Dispatch reports Cutler is in custody in Oklahoma. Cutler is a is a friend of Peters’ boyfriend, and had use of his car and keys to Peters’ apartment while her boyfriend was out of town, prosecutors said.

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